Zellerbach Hall

This ambitious Berkeley Symphony concert at Zellerbach Hall spans four centuries and two continents. First, travel back 400 years to hear Canzon septimi et octavi toni and Sonata pian e forte, two magisterial works for brass from one of Venice's most accomplished composers and influential musicians, Giovanni Gabrieli. Then it's off to Russia for career-defining works by Modest Mussorgsky and experimental contemporary composer Sofia Gubaidulina. Norway's Geir Draugsvoll -- considered to be one of the most important musicians on his instrument, the bayan, or classical accordion -- makes his U.S. premiere in this performance of Gubaidulina's mystical Fachwerk, a piece the Russian composer wrote expressly with Draugsvoll in mind.